Altruism, welfare and the law /

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Author / Creator:Foster, Charles, author.
Imprint:Cham : Springer, 2015.
Description:1 online resource (ix, 82 pages).
Language:English
Series:SpringerBriefs in law, 2192-855X
SpringerBriefs in law.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11095299
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Other authors / contributors:Herring, Jonathan, author.
ISBN:9783319216058
3319216058
331921604X
9783319216041
9783319216041
Digital file characteristics:text file PDF
Notes:Includes bibliographical references.
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed July 22, 2015).
Summary:This book is an assault on the notion that it is empirically accurate and legally and philosophically satisfactory to see humans as atomistic entities. It contends that our welfare is inextricably entangled with that of others, and accordingly law and ethics, in determining our best interests, should recognise the central importance of relationality, the performance of obligations, and (even apparently injurious) altruism.
Other form:Printed edition: 9783319216041
Standard no.:10.1007/978-3-319-21605-8